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(ModeL) J. W. LIEB. Fastening for Traveling Bags.

Patented June 14,1881.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN W. LIEB, )F NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

' FASTENING FOR TRAVELING-BAGS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 242,944, dated June 14, 1881,

Application filed July 9, 1880. (ModeL) To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN W. LIEB, of Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain Improvements in Fasteniugs for Traveling-Bags, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to that class of swinging or rocking devices which are applied to the outside of bag-frames and adapted to straddle or embrace the same in order to hold them shut; and the improvementconsists in a spring combined therewith in order to hold the device in the locked and unlocked positions, as hereinafter described.

Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a bag provided with my improved device; Fig.

' 2, a vertical central section of the device on the line a; as; Fig. 3, a cross-section on the line 1 3],- Fig. 4, a vertical section, showing a slightlymodified form of the device; Figs. 5 and 6, views of details.

Arepresents the body of the bag, and B the fastening device. The latter consists of three partsa rock-shaft, a,provided at the two ends with arms a, a cap or covering, b, and a spring, 0. The rock-shaft or fastening proper is of substantially the same form as those in general use, but differs therefrom in that it has at the middle two flattened sides or faces, 0 d, at substantially right angles to each other, and also flanges e at the ends of said faces. The cap or covering plate I) is adapted to fit over and around the middle of the shaft and hold the same in placeon the bag-frame, and is provided at its ends with studs f. adapted to enter the bag-frame and hold the cap in place thereon. The spring is of substantially a flat form, and is seated within the cap or covering against the middle of the shaft a, and has its ends seated around and held in place by the studs f. The spring acts against one or the other of the faces 0 11, according to the position of the shaft-arms, and thus serves to hold the device in its locked or its unlocked position, as the case may be. In this way the accidental unfastening of the bag is prevented, and when the bag is open the arms of the device are prevented from falling inward so as to interfere with the closing of the bag.

The precise form of the parts is not material, provided they have substantially the mode of action described. Of course any form of the shaft which affords the equivalent of the flattened faces for the spring to act upon may be used. The spring may be placed. inside of the shaft, as indicated in Fig. 4, if preferred, and its ends may be perforated or notched, as experience dictates.

When the device is sold in the market for attachment to old bags it is well to secure a plate, g, upon the inside, to keep the parts together, as indicated in Fig. 4 but when the fastening is applied at the factory this plate is unnecessary.

Having thus described I claim is- 1. In afastening for traveling-bags, the rockshaft provided with the flattened faces 0 and d,

my invention, what and suitable locking device, in combination.

with the spring bearing against the side of the shaft, as shown.

2. The combination of the shaft havin g arms a, the spring, and the covering-plateg, adapted to cover and hold the shaft and the spring, in the manner shown and described.

JOHN W. LIEB.

Witnessesi ALEX. O. FRANKEL, JAS. A. BRUER. 

